Best High Schools in Belle, WV

Summary:

The city of Belle, West Virginia is home to a single high school, Riverside High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school's performance has seen a concerning decline in recent years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 86th out of 112 West Virginia high schools in 2022-2023 to 105th out of 112 in 2023-2024. Additionally, the school's SchoolDigger rating has decreased from 1 star out of 5 in 2022-2023 to 0 stars out of 5 in 2023-2024.

Riverside High School's academic performance is significantly below the Kanawha County Schools and West Virginia state averages. In 2024-2025, only 10.1% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 24.7% for the district and 20.3% for the state. The school's performance in English Language Arts and Science is also below the district and state averages, though the gap is not as wide as in Mathematics. Despite these academic challenges, Riverside High School maintained a respectable 92.5% four-year graduation rate in 2023-2024.

While the data does not provide information on the school's free and reduced-price lunch rates, which could offer insights into the socioeconomic status of the student population, the school's student-teacher ratio of 18.1 is slightly higher than the state average. The school's per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $10,995, which is in line with the state's average spending. Overall, the data highlights the need for a more comprehensive analysis of Riverside High School's performance and the factors contributing to its declining rankings and academic achievement gaps.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				WV Assessment Mathematics (2025)	WV Assessment English Language Arts (2025)	WV Assessment Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WV Assessment Mathematics 11th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 11th Grade	WV Assessment Science 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Riverside High School	Public	9-12	1 Warrior Way	Belle	25015	Kanawha County	Kanawha County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 348-1996	1,057	57	18.5		945 (89.4%)	64 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (4.3%)	22.9	88^th of 111 public high schools	20.7%		12.7	105^th of 112 public high schools	6.3%	17	10.1	46.7	18.1	$10,995	$1,104	$9,891

Cities Near Belle

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Chesapeake	1.28 mi	1	264^th
Diamond	1.77 mi	1	132^nd
Charleston	4.26 mi	29	111^th
East Bank	4.35 mi	1	174^th
Cedar Grove	5.51 mi	1	106^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the West Virginia Department of Education.

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